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The time falling bodies take to light : mythology, sexuality, and the origins of culture.[Transformations of Prehistory: hominization, Symbolization, Agriculturization; Western civilization & the displacement of the feminine: Ancient Sumer.Acient E [Buy it!] | Thompson, William Irwin, 1938- | USD 34.00 (Sat Jun 1 06:04:57 2024) | Abebooks | Joseph Valles - Books | ISBN10: 0312805101, ISBN13: 9780312805104, [publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 1981.] Hardcover 280 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0312805101 :; 9780312805104 LCCN: 80-25467 ; OCLC: 6890108 ; LC: CB19; Dewey: 901 ; blue cloth with gold lettering ; no dustjacket ; ex-lib, stamps, label, due date pocket ; "In this book, William Irwin Thompson explores the nature of myth. Acknowledging the persuasive power of myth to create and inform culture, he weaves the human ability to create life with and communicate through symbols with myths based on male and female forms of power." ; Thompson, after receiving a PhD at Cornell and working as an educator, created with several others the Lindisfarne Association in 1973, to prepare for an "emerging planetary consciousness" which they termed the "noosphere". In this seminal book he realigns evolution ary studies and history with art and myth ; G [Stockbridge, GA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1981] Show/Hide image |